Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 4.0Dublin has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Dublin is behind 84% of U.S. towns. 469 jobs are based in Dublin for 1,663 working residents. The two grades for Dublin are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Dublin in brief
A big share show a job far from home
43% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Dublin than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Dublin fell from 694 in 2013 to 469 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Dublin is a place people come home to
There are 469 jobs based in Dublin, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dublin has about 2,200 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Dublin workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Why Dublin gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dublin is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #564 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Dublin’s grade up (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (32.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dublin could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Half of Dublin commutes less than 23 miles
About 43% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in Dublin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dublin, 2013 → 2023: 694 → 469. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dublin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Dublin
On a workday 1,546 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 352 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Dublin on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes to work from Dublin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dublin workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,215 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
20% of working residents work in Stephenville
Where Dublin clocks in
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Dublin is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dublin is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #115 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Dublin near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,262 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.1% of Dublin households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dublin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dublin places 3,825th of 4,402 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Taylor Lake Village TX | 3,774 | $166K | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Hollywood Park TX | 3,140 | $138K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Talty TX | 3,299 | $155K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,823 | Eminence KY | 2,823 | $42K | 26.6% | 6.8% | 7% | D |
| 3,824 | Lake Arthur LA | 2,569 | $54K | 23.3% | 4.7% | 10% | D |
| 3,825 | Dublin TX | 3,400 | $53K | 32.3% | 4.1% | 7% | D |
| 3,826 | Nekoosa WI | 2,402 | $46K | 16.6% | 5.2% | 11% | D |
| 3,827 | Triangle NY | 2,727 | $72K | 19.0% | 13.8% | 14% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Dublin, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dublin: questions
What is the median household income in Dublin?
$53,030 (±$9,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dublin?
32.3%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dublin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dublin work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stephenville (20%, 11 mi), Fort Worth (5%, 75 mi), Dallas (3%, 104 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dublin walkable?
Dublin is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dublin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dublin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dublin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.